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PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Chances Are
Focus on the "language" of probability by listing events from your life that are certain, impossible, likely and unlikely to happen. Determine the likelihood of an event occurring using a probability scale, based on a data set, and by...
Quia
Quia: Algebra Vocabulary Games
This site offers review of fifteen algebra vocabulary words. Four games are offered, including matching, flashcards, concentration, and word search.
Cyberbee
Cyberbee: M&ms in the Bag Graphing Activity
Use a bag of M&Ms to learn about probability. Includes graphs and percentages, and the steps needed for the students to duplicate the numbers.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Probability Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] Several lessons for a 2nd grade probability unit. Lessons include information on determining possible outcomes of events and likelihood of events. There are a few pages that can be used as review or...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Subtraction of Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Addition of Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: It's Crowded in Here! A Study of Plant Population Density
Like humans, plants can be negatively affected by overcrowding. Unlike humans, plants cannot get up and move to a new environment or explore how to utilize new resources. This experiment will explore the effects of crowding (population...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Waste Not, Want Not: Use the Microbial Fuel Cell to Create Elec
Gross. What is that in the toilet? But maybe it's not just gross. Did you know there are bacteria that digest organic waste and create electrons? What if there was a way to collect those electrons to power a circuit? In this science fair...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Finding Common Denominators to Subtract
Part (a) of this task asks learners to use two different denominators to subtract fractions. The purpose of this is to help students realize that any common denominator will work, not just the least common denominator. Part (b) does not...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Addition of Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Add fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators
Other
Dans Math: Lessons: Basic Skills Topics
If you're looking for a short review of the basic skills needed for arithmetic, prealgebra, and beginning algebra, this could be the site for you. Dan Bach, who teaches mathematics at Diablo Valley College in California, provides brief...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Gun Violence, Gun Control, Gun Rights: Where We Go From Here Lesson Plan
While tragic mass shootings like the ones in Las Vegas and Orlando shine a spotlight on our nation's lax gun laws, these horrific events make up a tiny percentage of U.S. gun deaths. Suicide, other types of homicide and accidents play a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Sei Whale
Unlike other rorquals, Sei whales have a dolphin-like dorsal fin. They are also unusual in using two different methods to fill their mouths with water during feeding - they both gulp and skim-feed. Learn more about the Balaenoptera...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: California Pocket Mouse
California Pocket Mice eat seeds, insects, and sometimes green leaves. Like other pocket mice in the genus Chaetodipus, they scurry around on all four feet (unlike kangaroo rats, which are in the same family of rodents, and which hop on...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 5)
Sharpen your computation skills with this interactive worksheet. The focus is adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators and reducing to lowest terms. Problems are set up horizontally and answers can be checked...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Probability or Possibility?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a lesson on probability. It encourages student interaction as well as cover the South Carolina State Standards on probability. The students in my class were excited about this...